A hospice facility is a place where people who are very sick and nearing the end of their lives go to receive specialized care and comfort. It focuses on providing support and pain management rather than trying to cure their illness. Full definition
Humana — The health insurer is partnering with a private - equity consortium to buy privately held hospice facility operator Curo Health Services for $ 1.4 billion. (cnbc.com)
The Amedore family has been involved in many charitable endeavors throughout the Capital Region, including rebuilding the family room at Albany's Ronald McDonald House, the construction of a new hospice facility, the remodeling of Camp Amedore — an Adirondack - style family space at the Bernard & Millie Duker Children's Hospital at Albany Medical Center — and the construction of a local memorial to honor our veterans. (amedoreforsenate.com)
Saunders visited Yale University in Connecticut at the invitation of one of its graduating classes, and so inspired her audience that in 1974 New Haven Hospice (now Connecticut Hospice) opened the first hospice facility in the United States based on her theories about caring for those who are terminally ill. (bookbrowse.com)